Culminating an exciting evening at UFC 293 in Australia, Sean Strickland has achieved the unthinkable, defeating Israel Adesanya in a 5-round stand-up war to achieve the UFC middleweight title. Despite an “obvious” mismatch in the eyes of many, including the betting experts who had “The Last Stylebender” as an enormous -600 favorite, Strickland managed to […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Israel Adesanya made a brief appearance at the UFC 293 post-fight press conference to address his loss to Sean Strickland before handing the microphone over to his head coach Eugene Bareman. It was a tough night for Adesanya, who lost a unanimous decision to Sean Strickland in […]
YouTube, UFC On the sixth and final episode of UFC 293 Embedded, Sean Strickland cuts weight before all eyes turn to official weigh-ins. Then, Israel Adesanya and Strickland face off at ceremonial weigh-ins ahead of their UFC middleweight championship bout.
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Volume puncher, Sean Strickland, will challenge Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight kingpin, Israel Adesanya, this Saturday (Sept. 9, 2023) at UFC 293 inside Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. Is Strickland the most deserving title contender at 185 pounds? No, certainly not. Is he at least a […]
This Saturday at UFC 293, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (24-2) will put his title on the line versus the brash challenger, and always entertaining, Sean Strickland (27-5). Following hitting the mark on the scales yesterday, Adesanya and Strickland were left with one last opportunity to size each other up earlier today ahead of their main […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC At the UFC 293 official weigh-ins, all 24 fighters on Saturday’s fight card will step on the scale early Friday morning. MMA Fighting will have a live stream of the official weigh-in above. In the main event, middleweight champ Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland will clash for the middleweight title. […]
Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland faced off in their pre-fight presser ahead of their bout on September 9th, 2023, at UFC 293. Adesanya will defend his middleweight title for the first time since his win over Alex Pereira as he faces the fifth-ranked contender in the form of Strickland. The latter is on a two-fight-win […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The UFC 295 card in November will be headlined by a long-awaited heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic but new fights have now been added to the lineup with tickets going on sale this week. UFC officials announced several fights on Wednesday including confirmation […]
It is no secret in the industry that rumors have been swirling regarding Paramount’s interested in selling Bellator, and in the press conference following his Tuesday Night Contender Series, Dana White has given his thoughts on the situation. There have been multiple parties interested in the purchase of the promotion, which was founded in 2008 […]
UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently announced the UFC Vegas 81 main event between Top 15 contenders Edson Barboza and Sodiq Yusuff, a featherweight showdown scheduled for Sat., Oct. 14, 2023 at the APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Oct. 7 card, however, is still without a headlining act. Barboza (23-11) blasted his way […]